America has low voter turnout, and the last general election was no exception. Only 64% of voter eligible Americans casted their ballots in 2024. This means that 90 million Americans who were eligible to vote didn’t show up to the polls.
This two-page data visualization shows a state-by-state simple analysis of two measures:
- Each state’s 2024 voter turnout rate compared with the country’s average turnout
- Each state’s change in voter turnout rate from 2020 to 2024. Only six states increased their turnout, while the remaining decreased.
This first page shows the states ordered by their 2024 voter turnout rate, where Wisconsin scores the highest and Hawaii scores the lowest. The darker bars represent the deviation from the national average; a score of zero equals the national average. The lighter wider bars represent the change in voter turnout rate from 2020 to 2024.
The states were then clustered into the bubbles on the right of page one. Each cluster is grouped by how the state fell for the two measurements, and these measurements are indicated by the arrows beneath the bubbles. For example, only four states had an above average turnout and an increase in 2024 voter turnout compared with 2020. Not surprisingly, each of these four states is a swing state with a relatively high Electoral College vote.
Page 2 of this visualization is a continuation of page one, where the two bubbles that contain the above-average voter turnout states. Again, it is noteworthy that all swing states had an above-average turnout, except for Arizona, which had a significantly lower-than-average turnout.
The bar chart on the right of page 2 is a different view of page 1’s lighter bars, where the states are ordered on the voter turnout gain or loss from 2020 to 2024. Most states experienced a decline in voter turnout.
You can download a copy of page 1 here, and page 2 here. You may not edit, alter, or commercialize these visualizations, but you may print and share. All redistribution requires crediting the creator and the invaluable data source: The University of Florida Election Lab.
The final visualization is simply pages 1& 2 on a full sheet. You can download a copy of this visualization here. All redistribution requires crediting the creator and the invaluable data source: The University of Florida Election Lab.
